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Enarmonika was a symphonic metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, blending classical instrumentation — violin, cello — with heavy guitars, bass, and drums, and pairing growled vocals with operatic singing. The band released their debut EP "Duality" in November 2014, recorded and mixed at The Magic Place Studio in Florianópolis, drawing on members with backgrounds in classical, rock, and metal.
One of American underground metal's most deliberately abrasive entities, Enbilulugugal have been weaponizing raw black metal and harsh noise since 2001 with a prolific output that prioritizes volume over accessibility.
Technical death metal band from Almada south of Lisbon, Portugal active since 2016. Their sound channels precise, complex death metal from the Setúbal district across the Tagus from the Portuguese capital.
Heavy/doom metal act from Ugao-Miraballes in the Basque Country, Spain, forging crushing heaviness since 2020. Their Basque-language name reflects the deep cultural roots that inform their approach to doom-infused metal.
Drawing from Borås's musical fabric, this Swedish act forges Power Metal built on fist-raising anthems built on speed and melody in equal measure. Every chorus reaches for the rafters with total devotion.
Grindcore act from Valencia, Spain formed in 2010, featuring members of Overnoise and other local bands. Their releases include the 2021 album Satan 1 Dios 0, delivering aggressive grindcore in the vein of Rotten Sound, Brutal Truth, and Napalm Death.
Encarnación is a heavy/thrash metal band from Mendoza, Argentina, that identifies their sound as "Trash metal Cuyano" — thrash rooted in the Cuyo region — drawing influences from Testament, Megadeth, Kreator, and Overkill. The band has released a self-titled debut album and the EP Consecuencias del Pasado, with a lineup that has featured vocalist Martín Velásquez, bassist Marcos Delamer, guitarists Horacio Velásquez and Alejo García, and drummer German Ramos; they have also represented Argentina at the South American Trash Metal Fest in Santiago, Chile.
Los Angeles black-death outfit Encased pull Viking metal's mythological weight into their sound alongside more brutal death metal elements, a broad extreme metal canvas that has kept them active since 2014.
Fresh out of Lexington in 2024, Encavement deliver slam-brutal deathcore with maximum low-end trauma, the kind of guttural Kentucky heaviness that sounds like it was conceived in a cave and intends to stay there.
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